[AusNOG] PIPE NSW Changing Details

Wed Oct 1 14:04:49 EST 2014

Does IX include the ASN in the path?

I've noticed a lot of things prefer Equinix because the ASN is transparent.

It would be interesting to see what the path selection would be if all
things were equal.

...Skeeve

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On 1 October 2014 13:47, Brad Evans <brad at delion.com.au> wrote:

>  I'm guessing that if you turn off NSW-IX that the vast majority of that
> traffic would then move over to Equinix and Megaport.
>
> For us we see 90/10 traffic split between Equinix and PIPE-IX in NSW.   If
> we bring down our session on Equinix, most of the traffic (~95%) moves over
> to PIPE-IX anyway. It appears our main traffic sources prefer to send
> traffic to our AS via Equinix rather than PIPE-IX.
>
> -Brad
>
>
> On 1/10/2014 1:24 PM, Tom Berryman wrote:
>
>  In NSW presently:
>
> Equinix - 11609
>
> NSW-IX - 7967
>
> Megaport – 4495
>
> --we don’t have PIPE there.
>
>
>
> NSW-IX sees the highest inbound for us by about 200% over the next.
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] *On Behalf Of *Skeeve Stevens
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 1 October 2014 12:20 PM
> *To:* Bevan Slattery
> *Cc:* AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net; Joshua Munro; Belinda Flanders
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] PIPE NSW Changing Details
>
>
>
> *BAM!*
>
>
>
> Go Megaport.
>
>
>
> $250 peering only (1Gb)
>
> $500 peering + VxC capability (10Gb)
>
>
>
> News worthy day!
>
>
>
> I wonder how long till Pipe Peering dies... most networks we run have
> disconnected from it... Megaport and EQ cover most things.  I hear IX is
> good, but not had the opportunity to connect up someone yet... will soon.
>
>
>
> I'd love to see a route differential between all 4 on a state by state.. I
> wonder if someone could do a snapshot analysis. I'm most interested in NSW.
>
>
>
> I'd like to see what is and isn't on each peering.
>
>
>
> ...Skeeve
>
>
>
> *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
>
> skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com ; www.eintellegonetworks.com
>
> Phone: 1300 239 038; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve
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>
>
> On 1 October 2014 12:15, Bevan Slattery <bevan at slattery.net.au> wrote:
>
>  To make life easy as of today we are doing a 1Gbps IX only port for
> $250/month no contract, no membership, no install.  Also will have a number
> of major content providers coming on net in next 30 days which would mean
> there won't be much that's not on either.
>
>
>
> Agree that it's time to switch :)
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> [b]
>
>
> On 1 Oct 2014, at 11:42 am, Craig Askings <craig at askings.com.au> wrote:
>
>  Does PIPE-IX even offer a worthwhile product anymore? Since an IX’s
> value is in it’s peers and it’s ability to connect them. Who is left on
> PIPE IX that isn’t available on Megaport and IX-AU? How many clients are
> going to be exiting over the next 24 months as their contracts expire?
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1 Oct 2014, at 11:29 am, Bob Woolley <boblobsta at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>   PIPE has absolutely gone to crap.
>
> Just shy of 4 weeks since our issue on QLD-IX and they are still trying to
> figure out how to make the TPG router on QLD-IX perform basic ARP functions
> (I only mention this as this job is being directly managed by PIPE).
>
> I don't know about you guys but if we had an ARP issue on a router for
> more than a few minutes I would be highly embarrassed.
>
>
>
> IX-AU A++
>
> Megaport A++
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob W
>
>
>
> On 1 October 2014 11:18, Sam Silvester <sam.silvester at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  +1 to what John said.
>
> This kind of thing leads to my personal view that that PIPE IX isn't
> really a thing any longer, what with other IXes actually offering customer
> service that allows you to get on with the job.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:09 AM, John Lindsay <johnslindsay at mac.com>
> wrote:
>
> Which means your work-around is more likely to cause their fabric to break
> later when your old box is recycled by someone else. Change control policy
> as substitute for customer service is actually just crap customer service.
>
> John Lindsay
>
>
> > On 1 Oct 2014, at 10:21 am, Brad Gould <bradley at internode.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > My understanding is that this is all about their change control policy.
> >
> > Change the MAC on your router and book a window to change it back to the
> native MAC when Pipe can get their process sorted.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
> Chris Chaundy
> > Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2014 09:36
> > To: Joseph Goldman
> > Cc: AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] PIPE NSW Changing Details
> >
> > Dependent on your make of router, it may just be easier to change the
> MAC address for the interface on the new router to match the old router's
> one.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On 1 Oct 2014, at 9:15, Joseph Goldman <joe at apcs.com.au> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi list,
> >>
> >> I am just wondering if this is normal - trying to change MAC address
> for router port after urgent change-over for our PIPE peering connection in
> NSW, request was sent through to the MACD team but they are telling me the
> request needs to be approved by their management and ETA is 3-5 business
> days??
> >>
> >> I'm not a massive user of PIPE IX but I have now been without it for 24
> hours and its looking like it could be another 48-72 hours before getting
> it back! For someone who might get a LOT of their traffic via PIPE IX this
> would be a pretty bad amount of downtime, as other transit links would have
> to pick up the slack.
> >>
> >> If any PIPE engineers on list willing to help the request move a little
> quicker I'd appreciate it.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Joe
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